FBK Legal Ranked by Kommersant

According to the law firm ranking by the Kommersant newspaper, FBK Legal has been recognised as a leader in the legal services market. The firm has been ranked in 22 categories. Moreover, six lawyers of the firm have been personally endorsed.

FBK Legal was ranked among the best in the following categories:

· Competition: settlement of disputes with the Federal Antimonopoly Service;

· Competition: consulting;

· Bankruptcy / insolvency of legal entities: mid-market;

· PPP / Infrastructure projects;

· Intellectual property: consulting on intellectual property law;

· Corporate: M&As of Russian assets: high-end;

· Tax law: settlement of disputes with the Federal Tax Service;

· Tax law: consulting on tax law;

· Sanctions law;

· Employment and migration law: settlement of employment and migration disputes;

· Employment and migration law: consulting on employment and migration law;

· Digital economy / Fintech.

The following industry-specific practice areas were included in the ranking:

· Healthcare and pharmaceuticals: consulting to leaders in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry;

· Healthcare and pharmaceuticals: settlement of key disputes in the industry;

· Construction and real estate: consulting on real estate transactions and sale of construction projects;

· TMT: consulting to leaders in the TMT industry;

· Tourism and sport: consulting to leaders in the industry;

· Transport and logistics: consulting to leaders in the industry;

· Financial and banking sector: consulting to leaders in the financial and banking sector;

· Private capital;

· Energy and natural resources: consulting to leaders in the energy industry;

· Energy and natural resources: consulting to leaders in the natural resources industry.

Individual awards were presented to FBK Legal’s Managing Partner Alexei Nesterenko (international trade, taxation: tax controversy, taxation: tax consulting), Partners Elena Bokareva (bankruptcy/insolvency, commercial dispute settlement, construction and real estate), Dmitry Knizhentsev (production and industry, agriculture) and Alexander Grigoriev (digital economy / fintech), as well as Head of Practice Tatiana Matveicheva (energy and natural resources) and Head of Practice Natalya Lezhennikova (public-private partnership, corporate/M&A).